Machine for cutting amd lighting cigars



No. 606,820. Patented July 5, I898. -E. A. JOHNSTON.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND LIGHTING CIGARS.

(Application filed July 2], 1897.)

(No Model.)

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WiACHlNE FORCUTTENG AN LIGHTING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,820, dated July 5,1898.

Application filed July 21,1897. Serial No. 645,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have inventednew and useful Im provements in Machines for Cutting and LightingCigars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of cigarlighters which are providedwith means for holding, lighting, and clipping the end of the cigarwhile the end to be lighted is in contact with or in proximity to a bodyheated to the necessary temperature to ignite the cigar.

The construction of my machine, together with the mode of operating it,is shown in the drawings hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional viewshowing the position of the parts with the cigar in place 'for lighting.The position of the holder for the butt of the cigar is shown in dottedlines in its idle condition. Fig. 2 is an end view of the machine,showing the form and position of clipping-knife and lever for operatingit, also the piston and cylinder in dotted lines.

A is a plate insulated from the sliding support C by the insulation D.

E is a spring which presses the sliding support C on the supporting-postG toward the knife. The sliding support C is limited in its movement bythe screw F touching the ends of the slot H. The spring J is fixed tothe base O, insulated therefrom by the insulation K. The knife T ismounted on the stud N and pivoted in the plate L, in which the beveledhole forms a stationary cutting edge, also a support for one end of thecigar. The piston X working in the cylinder Z is connected by the rod Vto the knife T. The spring Y is mounted on the frame 0 to bear againstthe lever N. One terminal of an electric circuit is connected to springJ, the other terminal of which is connected to the base 0. It will beseen when the sliding support C is at rest, as shown in dotted lines,the circuit will be broken; but when the cigar is placed in position tobe lighted and the sliding support C is moved back the plate A bears onthe spring J and completes the circuit. The plate A is made of suchmaterial that the current flowing through it heats it to a hightemperature, and the end of the cigar resting against it is ignited. Ifnow the lever M is depressed, the knife-edge sweeping over the hole inthe plate L severe the tip of the cigar, at the same time raising thepiston X, and on being released is forced back by the spring Y, and thepiston X, moving downward through the cylinder Z, draws a current of airthrough the cigar, which aids in the ignition.

The construction and arrangement of the various elements I use inmyldevice may be Varied widely without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Now, having described my device and its mode of operation, what I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a cigar clipper and lighter in combination, a clipping mechanism,a body adapted to be heated to the desired temperature for lighting acigar, a holder to hold the cigar in contact with or in proximity to thebody to be heated, and means for actuating the clipper and heating thelighting-body.

2. In a cigar clipper and lighter in combination, a cutter, a holder forone end of the cigar, electric wires, a lighting-body at the other endof the cigar, with means for sending an electric current through thelightingbody.

3. In a cigar clipper and lighter in combination, a cutter, a supportfor the end of the cigar to be cut, located in proximity to the cutter,a holder for the other end of the cigar,

a body carried thereby and adapted to be heated to a lightingtemperature by an electric current when the cigar is placed in theholder.

4. In a cigar lighter and clipper, the combination of a cutting device,a supporting device, a lighting-body, and means for heating the lightedbody at one end of vthe cigar and for drawing the air through the otherend of the cigar.

5. In a cigar clipper and lighter, electric connections, a lighter, asupport or supports for the butt-end of the cigar, by the movement ofwhich a circuit is formed and the lighting device heated and means forclipping the cigar and drawing a current of air through it.

6. In a cigar clipper and lighter the comb? nation of anelectricaiiy-heated body for1ighting the cigar, the clipping device andthe piston acting in conjunction therewith for the purpose specified.

EDXVARD A. JOHNSTON. With esses:

SAMUEL i1. JOHNSTON, BERT R. IEENJMIW.

